The Best Episodes of Question Time Season 44

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Shrewsbury. On the panel: Simon Hart MP, secretary of state for Wales, Conservative; Jess Phillips MP, shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Labour; Daisy Cooper MP, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party's spokesperson on health, wellbeing and social care, Liberal Democrat; Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam UK; and Isabel Oakeshott, GB News presenter and commentator.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from St. Andrews. On the panel: Stephen Kerr MSP, chief whip for the Scottish Conservative Party at Holyrood, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; Màiri McAllan MSP, Scottish government minister for Environment and Land Reform, SNP; Iain Anderson, chief executive of the PR company Cicero Group, and the UK government's first LGBT Business champion; and Christopher Brookmyre, prize-winning crime novelist.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Morecambe. On the panel: James Heappey MP, minister for the armed forces, Conservative; Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow business secretary, Labour; Alison Phillips, editor of the Daily Mirror; Kavita Oberoi OBE, businesswoman and founder of Oberoi Consulting; and Liam Halligan, economist, author and economics and business editor at GB News.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from London. On the panel: Crispin Blunt MP, former Justice Minister, Conservative; Rosena Allin-Khan MP, shadow minister for Mental Health, Labour; Professor Robin Shattock, head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London; Victor Adebowale CBE, chair of the NHS Confederation and a crossbench peer; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newport. On the panel: George Eustice MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Vaughan Gething MS, minister for the economy for the Welsh government, Labour; Delyth Jewell MS, Plaid Cymru; Laura McAllister, professor of Public Policy and Governance of Wales at the University of Cardiff and former international football player; and Sebastian Payne, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leeds. On the panel: Jake Berry MP, chair of the Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs, former minister for the Northern Powerhouse, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, Labour; Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress; Juergen Maier, industrialist and former chief executive of Siemens UK, co-chair of the UK's Made Smarter programme and vice chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership; and Inaya Folarin Iman, journalist, commentator and presenter of a weekly politics discussion programme on GB News.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Harrow. On the panel: James Cleverly MP, Foreign minister, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow Foreign secretary, Labour; Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies at Oxford University; Anne McElvoy, executive editor at the Economist and BBC Radio presenter; and Radislaw Sikorski MEP, politician and journalist, former Polish foreign minister and defence minister.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Norwich. On the panel: Penny Mordaunt MP, Trade minister and former International Development secretary and secretary of state for Defence, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Labour; Kirsten Oswald MP, deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Bridget Kendall, master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge University and former Moscow correspondent and diplomatic correspondent at the BBC; and Russian-British podcaster, social commentator and comedian, Konstantin Kisin.

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Fiona Bruce presents a special edition on Ukraine, from London. On the panel: Nadhim Zahawi MP, secretary of state for education, Conservative; David Lammy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Labour; Olesya Khromeychuk, Director of the Ukrainian Institute London; Vadym Prystaiko, ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former minister for foreign affairs of Ukraine; Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former prime minister of Denmark, co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board; and Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of war studies at King's College London.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Lesia Vasylenko, member of the Ukrainian Parliament and co-chair of the UK-Ukrainian Friendship Group, Holos Party; Rev Richard Coles, Church of England parish priest, musician and Radio 4 presenter; and Max Hastings, historian and former editor of The Daily Telegraph.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Reading. On the panel: Damian Hinds MP, minister for Security and Borders, Conservative; Lisa Nandy MP, shadow Levelling Up Secretary, Labour; Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union; Dom Joly, comedian and ambassador for Save the Children; and Kate Andrews, economics editor at the Spectator.

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Victoria Derbyshire presents an hour of topical debate from Bath. On the panel: Maria Caulfield MP, minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care, Conservative; Steve Reed MP, shadow secretary of State for Justice, Labour; Ian Blackford MP, leader of the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist; and Julia Hartley-Brewer, journalist and TalkRadio Breakfast presenter.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Canterbury. On the panel: Greg Hands MP, minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, Conservative; Emily Thornberry MP, shadow attorney general for England and Wales, Labour; the most reverend Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury; Zing Tsjeng, author and executive editor of Vice UK; and Dan Hodges, journalist and columnist for the Mail on Sunday.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Romford. On the panel: Mims Davies MP, minister for Employment, Conservative; Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions, Labour; Ed Davey MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; Bejay Mulenga, entrepreneur and founder of Supa Network; and Camilla Tominey, associate editor at the Daily Telegraph.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Walsall. On the panel: Damian Green MP, chair of the One Nation Conservative caucus, former first secretary of state in Theresa May's government, Conservative; Louise Haigh MP, shadow secretary of state for Transport, Labour; Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, businessman, farmer and founder of the Black Farmer food range; Charlotte Ivers, political correspondent at Times Radio; and Jack Thorne, prize-winning screenwriter and playwright.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hackney, in London. On the panel: Suella Braverman MP, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, Conservative; Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour Party national campaign co-ordinator, Labour; Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive at the New Economics Foundation; Geoff Norcott, comedian, writer and political commentator; and Sebastian Vettel, Formula 1 racing driver and winner of four consecutive World Drivers' Championships.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel: Lucy Frazer MP, financial secretary to the Treasury, Conservative; Lucy Powell MP, shadow Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary, Labour; Alyn Smith MP, foreign affairs spokesperson for the SNP at Westminster, SNP; Mo Hussein, commentator and former Home Office advisor; and Emily Carver, head of media at the Institute of Economic Affairs.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Belfast. On the panel: Robert Buckland MP, Conservative; Peter Kyle MP, shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Labour; John Finucane MP, Sinn Fein; Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, Democratic Unionist Party; and Naomi Long MLA, leader of the Alliance Party.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Dorking. On the panel: Chris Philp MP, minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Conservative; Wes Streeting MP, shadow health secretary, Labour; Layla Moran MP, Foreign Affairs spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats; Rory Stewart, author, podcaster and former Conservative minister; and Tom Harwood, journalist and political correspondent at GB News.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Newcastle. On the panel: Matt Vickers MP, Conservative, Thangam Debbonaire MP, shadow leader of the Commons, Labour; Alison Thewliss MP; SNP Treasury spokesperson at Westminster, SNP; Richard Walker, managing director of the supermarket chain, Iceland; and Ella Whelan, co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival and columnist for Spiked magazine.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon. On the panel: Rachel Maclean MP, Home Office minister responsible for Safeguarding, Conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow secretary of state for International Trade, Labour; Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT); Anne Boden MBE, founder and chief executive officer of Starling Bank; and Ben Habib, chief executive of First Property Group and former Brexit Party MEP.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Inverness. On the panel: Angus Robertson MSP, the Scottish government's cabinet secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, SNP; Craig Hoy MSP, chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, Conservative; Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP, spokesperson for Social Justice and Social Security, Scottish Labour; Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine; and Susie McCabe, comedian.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. On the panel: Dehenna Davison, elected in 2019 as the first Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland; Labour’s shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson MP; musician Winston Marshall, former member of Mumford & Sons; Alastair Campbell, one of the architects of New Labour; and Tim Stanley, journalist and Daily Telegraph columnist.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Torquay. On the panel: Bim Afolami MP, former Conservative Party vice chair for youth, Conservative; Chris Bryant MP, chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Standards and Privileges, Labour; Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales; Mary Bousted, general secretary of the National Education Union; and Olivia Utley, assistant comment editor at the Daily Telegraph.

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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Grimsby, in north-east Lincolnshire. On the panel, Brendan Clarke-Smith MP, a Cabinet Office minister; Labour’s shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting MP; Layla Moran MP, the Liberal Democrats spokesperson on foreign affairs; the life peer Claire Fox, founder of the Academy of Ideas; and the economist Gerard Lyons, who’s been advising the prime minister.

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